Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Sabah Parks Improving Conservation Of Marine Park Corals

SEMPORNA -- Sabah Parks is stepping up efforts to conserve marine parks in the state through dissemination of coral identification skills among its workers involved in field work.

Its marine research officer, Nasrulhakim Maidin, said skills in identifying corals were important and if they could be carried out in a short period, it would help in the collection of data.

He said the dissemination of coral identification skills among workers could be carried out at workshops and fields, using more efficient equipment.

"As many of those deployed as field workers are part-timers, they are the main focus of marine park conservation efforts," he told Bernama here Wednesday.

Nasrulhakim was speaking at a five-day coral-identification seminar which began on Monday.

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